Display-rack.



No- 829,527. PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906. F. A. HOLMES.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLIGATION FILED 001,2, 190a.

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F. A. HOLMES. DISPLAY RACK.

APPLIOATION FILED OQTQZ, 1905.

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DISPLAY RACK.

APPLIUAT ION FILED 0012, 1905.

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wheel carrier.

FRED A. HOLMES, OF EASTPORT, MAINE.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 1906 Application filed October 2,1905. Serial No.281,103.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED A. HOLMES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Eastport, in the county of WVashington and State of Maine,have invented a new and useful Display-Rack, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to movable racks for supporting and displayinggoods of various kinds in convenient position for inspection, and alsoprotected from dust, light, or other deleterious matter or influence,and has for its object to improve the construction and increase theefiiciency and utility of devices of this character.

lVith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capableof carrying the same into practical operation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved device applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail of the improveddevice. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of one of thetrolley-wheels and its carrier. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view ofanother modified form of trolley- Fig. 5 is a sectional detailillustrating a modified arrangement of some of the parts. Fig. 6 is asectional detail illustrating another modified arrangement of thedevice. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view of one of the supportingmembers and floortracks employed in the structure illustrated in Fig. 6.Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional detail of a portion of one of the racks,illustrating its construction more fully.

The im roved device comprises a plurality of spaced tracks or guideways10, carrierwheels 11, operating upon said tracks, hangers 12, dependingfrom said wheels, and rectangular rack-frames 13, suspended from saidhangers and swinging laterally therein, the rack-frames adapted tosupport the goods to be displayed.

The tracks 10 are supported at one end at 16 in a cabinet or show-case14 of any required size or design and preferably with glass sides, asindicated, and extending thererom to any required distance and supportedindependently of the cabinet, preferably to the ceiling 29, as indicatedin Fig. 5.

The front wall of the cabinet is provided with swinging doors 15, onefor each track, and above each door is a cavity 20 to permit the hangers12 to pass after the doors are opened, as represented in Fig. 1, whereone of the doors is shown in open position and the rack 13 of thatparticular compartment withdrawn to illustrate the operation. Thus anyparticular frame or any member of the frames may be withdrawn for thedisplay, inspection, or sale of the goods carried thereby, and theframes with the unsold goods returned to the cabinet and the doors l5closed to protect them.

Another advantage of the recesses 20 is that the doors may be closedafter the withdrawal of one or more of the frames 'to protect the oodsstill remaining upon the frames within the cabinet.

The outer ends of the tracks are suspended from the ceiling or otherindependent support by rods 18 and may also be supported at suitableintervals by hangers 19.

The frames 13 are preferably constructed from gas-piping suitablycoated, as by galvanizing or plating, and may be of any required size orarranged with any required number of the horizontal rail members.

For the purpose of illustration the frames are shown in Figs. 1 and 2with two of the horizontal rail members, and in Fig. 5 three of therails are shown but it will be understood that any number of the railsmay be employed and spaced any distance apart, according to the size orquality of the goods to be arranged thereon.

The hangers 12 may be constructed, as shown in Fig. 3, so that theguide-pulleys 11 can pass the hangers 19 when moving along the track orarranged, as shown in Fig. 4, with the hangers each formed of one singlestrap 30, of steel or iron, folded upon itself, with a bearing at thebend to receive the upper rail of the rack-frame 13 and with atraveler-wheel 31 journaled in the spaced ends of the strap, the hangerstructure being completed by a binding-bolt 21.

The rack-frames maybe employed to support goods of various kinds, butare more particularly adapted to support mens and boys clothing and forthe purpose of illustration is shown thus applied, the suspended byunnecessary handling and will not become shelf-worn or otherwisedeteriorated.

One or more of the racks 13 will be ar ranged forjvertical adjustment toadapt them to garments of different sizes, as shown in Fig. 5, and asthe frames are of gas-piping or like material the tubular forms of theframe members are utilized to arrange the movable portions to betelescoped into the other frame members.

The side members of the rackframes,-hav ing the adjustable portions, areeach formed in two parts, with the lowerparts 35 of larger size than theupper parts, these larger parts rigidly coupled to the smaller parts byscrewing into coupling members in the ordinary manner. The largersections 35 are each provided with a plurality of spaced trans verseapertures 24.

The extension portion of the rack consists of a tubular horizontal bar37 and vertical side bars 38 39, coupled to the bar 37 by Ls 40 41, thevertical members slidably disposed in the enlarged tubular portions 35and each provided with a transverse aperture adapted to registerconsecutively with the apertures 24, so that pins (indicated at 25) maybe passed through the apertures, and thus couple the adjustable portionof the rack to the main part of the same. It will thus be obvious thatthe bar 37, with its side members 38 39, may be adjusted verticallyrelative to the remainder of the rack, and thus be adapted to garmentsof different sizes as required.

The portions of the tracks 10 exteriorly of the cabinet will generallybe longer than the portions within the cabinet, so that the frames andtheir contents may be wholly removed from the cabinet, if desired, andby employing tracks of this excess length and the form of hangerillustrated in Fig. 3 the rack-frames may be readily moved from track totrack Without removing the goods from the racks, which may be veryconvenient under certain circumstances.

The rack-frames being suspended from the tracks are free to swinglaterally thereon, and this freedom of movement is a very convenient anduseful feature of the construction and adds materially to its value andefficiency, as certain kinds of goods are thereby rendered moreaccessible and easy to handle.

When the improved device is employed for the heavier kinds of goods,supplemental tracks 26 will be employed upon the floor 27, as shown inFigs. 6 and 7, the lower portions of the rack-frames being provided withcarrier-wheels 28, running upon the floor-tracks.

In the modified structure shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the side members 46 ofthe rackframes 13 are extended below the lower transverse member, asindicated at 42, and secured to the members 46 by couplings 43, thelarger members adapted to slidably receive smaller vertical members 44.The members 42 are each provided with spaced transverse apertures 47,and the members 44 are each provided with a transverse aperture adaptedto register consecutively with the apertures 47 so that stop-pins 45 maybe passed therethrough, and thus couple the members 44 at any desiredpoint relative to the members 42, and. thus adjust the rackframe to anyrequired extent relative to the floor-track 26.

The construction of the adjustable members 42 and 44 is clearlyillustrated in Fig. 8.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is In a device ofthe class described, a supporting-track, a rack-frame having horizontalrails and vertical tubular sides, the sides depending below the lowerrail, and a supplemental rail having vertical side memberstelescopically disposed in said tubular side members, and means foradjustably connecting the vertical side members to the tubular sidemembers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownI have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED A. HOLMES.

Witnesses:

GEo. I-I. IIAYES, C. E. MERTIN.

